If you've ever listened to one of those meditation apps... Or a sleep time recording which help lull you with nature sounds... They will often advise to picture yourself in a serene environment. Sitting still... by a babbling brook. under light rain on a tin roof. near a cascading waterfall. under a canopy of leaves in the rain. But never have I heard the advice to focus on a dripping faucet. That repetitive, singular... drip, drop, drip, drop, drip. There is something in it's tone, in it's singularity, in it's rhythm that does not soothe. But rather, rubs raw the already sore and irritated stress-point. So it is, when someone lends unwanted opinion to the already frustrated open wound we suffer. We simply do not want one more drip drop, drip, drop, drip fallen on top. It's often enough to overflow the well of tears we have held back. And yet we wonder… "Do they even know how I feel?" That is the fool who gives a comment. One that was not considered before spoken. Knowledge flows like spring water from the wise; fools are leaky faucets, dripping nonsense. Proverbs 15:2 (MSG) But refreshing are the words that soothe. Like sitting still... by a babbling brook. under light rain on a tin roof. near a cascading waterfall. under a canopy of leaves in the rain. These can only be spoken from wisdom. From a person who has stood where we stand. From one who has walked this path before. From someone who knows… has experienced our situation. These are words that spring to life. These are words refreshing and honest, encouraging and true. I long to give such words… as much as I long to receive them. Word of God, train me today... to know when to hold my tongue, sensitive to other's pain, to be that just right spring of water, with refreshing life from You, just in time of other's need. Lord, Let me consider when I will simply be a dripping faucet to someone else. Causing more irritation than good. Let me rather think, before I speak... Do I have a word of knowledge for them? Can I be a place of refreshment, today? And when I cannot, let me at least lift these friends to You. As You are the living water that refreshes all. You have the words that spring to life all knowledge, all power, all that we need. Lord, help me be wise.
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